“The oil wells in Texas and Oklahoma are doing wonderfully well,” said Dick Rover in reply to a question from his son. “It was the best work I ever did to go down into those oil fields.”
“How about matters in Wall Street?” questioned Randy.
“Couldn’t be better, Randy,” responded Tom Rover. “Everything seems to be coming our way now.”
“Any more trouble with the Martell crowd?”
“No. Since we got rid of Martell and Brown everything has been going along swimmingly,” replied Tom Rover.
“What are you folks going to do this summer?” questioned Andy. “Why can’t you come and visit us while we’re at Big Bear Lake?”
“Perhaps we shall,” answered his Uncle Sam.
“Oh, Dad! that would be fine,” burst out Fred. “Come up, by all means!”
“Well, we’ll see about that,” answered his father. “Your mother and your aunts want to go up to Valley Brook Farm first and stay with the girls.”
“Oh, bring the whole bunch up to Big Bear Lake!” cried Jack. It must be confessed though that when he spoke he was thinking mainly of Ruth. “Gif says it’s a great big bungalow—in fact, a small-sized hotel.”